South Carolina § 40-9-20 - License required; students participating in a preceptorship or residency training program excepted.
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§ 40-9-20. License required; students participating in a preceptorship or residency training program excepted.
(A) No person may practice chiropractic in this State without a license issued by the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners as provided in this chapter, except students participating in a preceptorship or residency training program may perform without a license chiropractic procedures under the direct supervision of a chiropractic preceptor. These procedures and this supervision must be practiced within the confines of the appropriate chiropractic college or office of a licensed chiropractor.
(B) No charges for professional service may be made to any patient or to his insurance company for any work performed on the patient by the students or by the licensed chiropractor on the college staff while supervising the students or by the licensed chiropractor in an office while supervising the students. However, the chiropractic college or the office of the licensed chiropractor may charge the patient for the actual costs and expenses it incurs for the use of its clinical property or facilities by the patient.
(C) This section does not apply to any chiropractic college which has failed to attain accredited status from the Council on Chiropractic Education or its successors or from the Commission on Accreditation of the Straight Chiropractic Academic Standards Association.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 56-352; 1952 Code SECTION 56-352; 1942 Code SECTIONS 5250-1 to 5250-8; 1932 (37) 1552; 1976 Act No. 689 SECTION 1; 1979 Act No. 199 SECTION 31; 1980 Act No. 307, SECTION 2, 1985 Act No. 177, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 230, SECTION 2, eff June 7, 2010.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment rewrote the section.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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